"Our children are our greatest treasure. They are our future. Those who abuse them tear at the fabric of our society and weaken our nation."

-- Nelson Mandela

#Children Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Tears Quotes

“Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.”

Source : Young-ha Kim (2007). “I Have the Right to Destroy Myself”, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I firmly believe that the best way to stimulate our economy and create jobs is to let hard-working Americans keep more of their money - after all, the money belongs to them, not to Washington.”
“Upon the whole, Chymistry is as yet but an opening science, closely connected with the usefull and ornamental arts, and worthy the attention of the liberal mind. And it must always become more and more so: for though it is only of late, that it has been looked upon in that light, the great progress already made in Chymical knowledge, gives us a pleasant prospect of rich additions to it. The Science is now studied on solid and rational grounds. While our knowledge is imperfect, it is apt to run into error: but Experiment is the thread that will lead us out of the labyrinth.”
“My insides still turn over when he looks at me that certain way.”
“I love bringing the colors and textures of other cultures. If I wear a dress that I bought from a street vendor in Bali on a red carpet, it's a way of bringing my travels with me.”

Source : "Serinda Swan on 'Graceland' and Her Go-To Red-Carpet Designers". Interview with Lorraine Cwelich, www.elle.com. January 30, 2013.
“Attitude is your thought life turned inside out”
“For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious.”
“The desire to criticise becomes less and less as the character is developed. It is the mark of a ï¬ne character never to be critical and to mention but rarely the faults of others. A strong character does not resist evil, but uses their strength in building the good. They know that when the light is made strong, the darkness will disappear of itself.”

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